How can you tell the flags of Senegal and Mali apart?

Senegal: the green star in the middle. Mali: three plain stripes, no star.

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Senegal vs Mali Flag

Q: What is the difference between the flags of Senegal and Mali?

Both flags are three upright stripes, green, yellow and red. Senegal has a green star in the yellow middle stripe. Mali has no star.

Both flags are three upright stripes, green, yellow and red. Senegal has a green star in the yellow middle stripe. Mali has no star.

SenegalLook for the green star in the middle.
MaliLook for three plain stripes, no star.

At a glance

	Senegal	Mali
Stripes	Green, yellow, red	Green, yellow, red
In the middle	A green five-pointed star	Nothing
Shape	2:3	2:3
In use since	1960	1961

Test yourself

Six quick rounds. The last rounds show the flags smaller, the way they look on a phone.

Why they look alike

Senegal and Mali were briefly one country, the Mali Federation, in 1959 and 1960. Their flags share the pan-African colours green, yellow and red, used by many African countries after Ghana and Ethiopia. Mali removed a small figure from the middle of its flag in 1961, which left the three stripes on their own.